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Patent GB-190703215-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Method of Effecting Hertzian Telephony and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: RUHMER ERNST
Filed: 1907-02-08
Granted: 1908-04-08
Abstract: 3215. Ruhmer, E. Feb. 8. Telephone systems.-In a system of wiraless telephony, the current feeding an arc in a Duddell circuit is varied by the action of a microphone. The current passing through the arc is adjusted until the latter is in an unstable condition, so that the arc becomes active or inactive in accordance with the sound waves acting upon the microphone, and trains of waves are thus produced which correspond with the vibrations of the voice. In Fig. 1, the microphone circuit a, b, c is inductively connected to the circuit supplying current to the arc s, which includes a condenser d and the primary of a transformer e. The arc is placed in an atmosphere of hydrogen according to the Poulsen system or according to other known methods capable of producing similar results. In Fig. 2, the arc s is influenced by the action of an electro-magnet m in the microphone circuit, and a choking-coil f is placed in the supply circuit. In a modification, the supply circuit includes a coil which forms one winding of the magnet m, the two methods thus being combined, and wire electrodes for the arc are used which are arranged to be slowly wound off one bobbin on to another. An adjustable resistance may shunt the coil in the supply circuit. The receiving-apparatus may include an electrolytic detector and the receiving circuit has a period of oscillation equal to that of the transmitter. According to the Provisional Specification, the microphone may act on the field-magnet circuit of the dynamo supplying current to the arc. Specifications Nos. 539 and 1292, A.D. 1907, are referred to.
Patent GB-190703276-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Crowns or Covers of Electric Furnaces.
Inventor: RANSFORD ROBERT BOLTON
Filed: 1907-02-09
Granted: 1907-06-27
Abstract: 3276. Ransford, R. B., [Soc. Anon. ElectromÚtallurgique (ProcÚdÚs P. Girod)]. Feb. 9. Electric furnaces.-A water-cooled crown or cover is constructed by casting metal rouud metal pipes, to avoid escape of water in case the cast metal should burst. Fig. 1 shows in plan a cover, through which an electrode passes, consisting of a piece 29 of cast iron, in which water pipes 30 have been embedded during casting, and which is mounted in refractory bricks 28 within an outer iron ring 27. The water pipes surround an opening 31, which fits the electrode, and holes 32 for escape of gases.
Patent GB-190703727-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Production or Manufacture of Vehicle, Hand, and other analogous Lamps and Lanterns
Inventor: GOODWIN FELIX
Filed: 1907-02-15
Granted: 1907-09-26
Abstract: 3727. Goodwin, F., [trading as Wyncott & Son], and Corns, G. B. Feb. 15. Vehicular lamps ; lanterns. - Vehicular and other lanterns are made from a single blank of sheet metal of cruciform shape, Fig. 6. The outer edges of the sides b, c and of the top dare clenched and bent at right-angles, and may be reinforced by a wire, to form a beading b<1>, c', d<2>. The edge e<1> of the base e is clenched as shown. The edges e<2>, d<3>, b<2>, c<3> are bent at rightangles ; the edges b<2>, c3 (or e<2>) form guides for the slides p<1> of the reservoir p, and the others are secured to the adjacent sides. The flap k of the hinge of the front door h is secured by solder or otherwise. Top details d<1>, m, n, airholes g, sidelight f, and an attachment lug rare provided. The front edge of the reservoir is bent up as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 4.
Patent GB-190705131-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Drying Machines.
Filed: 1907-03-02
Granted: 1908-01-02
Abstract: 5131. Lake, H. H., [Maschinenbauanstalt, Eisengiesserei und Dampfkesselfabrik H. Paucksch, Akt.-Ges.]. March 2. Liquids, spreading in thin layers; evaporating liquids to dryness. Arms c adapted to fit the surfaces of the rollers are arranged to be reciprocated between a pair of heated rollers, clearing the roller surfaces and stirring the drying material. In the form shown in Fig. 2, the arms care secured to a frame which is connected to a rail d .running in guides. On the other side, the frame is provided with rollers running in guides f. The end of the rail d is connected to a lever arm g, in one piece with a lever arm h operated by an eccentric i. The rail and agitator arms are thus given a reciprocating motion. Stationary arms k secured to a rail prevent any motion of the substance as a whole. The arms c are bevelled off on the sides facing the rollers. In another form of apparatus, the arms c are secured to bars m, n, Fig. 5, moved in opposite directions by a two-armed lever o, p, pivoted at x. No stationary arms k are needed with this form of apparatus.
Patent GB-190705268-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Self-acting Locking Motion for Securing the Covers or Doors of the Front Casing of Carding-engine Cylinders
Inventor: ECKERSLEY JOHN
Filed: 1907-03-05
Granted: 1907-06-20
Abstract: 5268. Eckersley, J. March 5. Carding-engines.-Consists of means for locking or securing the covers or doors of the front casing of carding-engine cylinders so that the cover cannot be opened while the cylinder is in motion, and for preventing the movement of the driving-belt from the loose to the fast pulley while the cover is open. The cover e is connected by a link k to a metal bar g, extending across the bend of the cylinder and slotted so as to slide on studs h secured to the bend. A notch i partly surrounds the main cylinder shaft d, two flattened portions of which permit the bar g to be moved and the cover e to be opened only when the main cylinder is at rest. The belt-fork o is connected by an arm n to an elbow lever m, the projecting end of which, engaging a projection j of the bar g, prevents the door e from being opened while the belt is on the fast pulley. The projection j, when the door is opened, is brought in front of the elbow lever m and prevents the belt from being shifted on to the fast pulley. One flat only on the shaft d may be used, or a collar provided with flats may be fixed on the shaft, and a bent lever attached to the strap fork may replace the lever m and arm n.
Patent GB-190705507-A (GB)
Title: Connection System for Alternating Current Commutator Type Motors.
Inventor: LAMME BENJAMIN GARVER
Filed: 1907-03-07
Granted: 1907-08-22
Abstract: 5507. Lamme, B. G. Aug. 2, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Motors, controlling.-An alternating - current commutator series motor is provided with an impedance device 5 connected in shunt with the field winding 2, the core 6 being so dimensioned as to become magnetically saturated more quickly than the magnetic circuit of the field winding 2, so that as the load increases a greater proportion of current is shunted through the coil 5. The speed characteristic of the motor may be adjusted by varying the number of turns of the coil 5, or the dimensions and character of the magnetic circuit 6. Where a vehicle is propelled by two or more motors permanently connected in series, the field windings may be connected together and shunted by a single impedance device.
Patent GB-190707179-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Composition.
Filed: 1907-03-25
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 7179. Schlentheim, L., and Diespeker, Ltd. March 25. Cements.-A composition is formed by mixing together asbestos powder or otherequivalent silicate, calcined magnesium carbonate, and flour of wood, or the like, in any desired proportions, for example in about equal proportions, together with any suitable colouring-matter. To the powdered mixture is added a solution of magnesium chloride, and it is then used as a plaster, or is formed by moulding into blocks or articles which may be machined to suitable shapes. The material can be used for floors, walls, dadoes, skirtings, rails, steps, or banisters. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 7304, A.D. 1884, and No. 29,865, A.D. 1896.]
Patent GB-190708596-A (GB)
Title: Vacuum Cleaning Machine or Apparatus.
Inventor: ILES ALBERT SAMUEL
Filed: 1907-04-13
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 8596. Iles, A. S. April 13. Washers. - The air-filtering water chamber a of a vacuum cleaning- apparatus has inclined sides to prevent the agitated water from reaching the outlets from the chamber. The chamber a is supplied with water up to the level of the filling-hole, and the dust-laden air is drawn through the water by way of the nozzle and pipe.
Patent GB-190713096-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Indicating the Magnitude of the Torque or Turning Effort in Shafting.
Inventor: GIBSON JOSEPH HAMILTON
Filed: 1907-06-06
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 13,096. Gibson, J. H., and Bevis, R. R. June 6. Dynamometers; indicating by optical devices.- In a modification of the apparatus described in Specification No. 11,784, A.D. 1906, cylinders A, B, fastened by sleeves 6<a>, 6<b>, respectively, and couplings 7<a>, 7b to the sections a, b of the shaft between which the torque is to be measured, replace the slotted disks described therein. A fixed lamp 2 is supported within an opaque mask 3 by a bracket, and. slits 4, 4<a>, 4<b> parallel to the axis of the shaft are cut in the mask and in the cylinders A, B, respectively. When the shaft is not transmitting a turning effort, the edges of the slits are in the position shown in Fig. 3. The light is observed through the plate C, which is provided with a slit or small central perforation 4<c> and is mounted in the tube 16 carried on the sliding- frame 17. The frame is slid into the limiting position shown in Fig. 3, in which the light momentarily appears and then disappears at every revolution of the shaft in the direction indicated by the arrow. When the shaft is transmitting a turning effort, the slot 4<b> lags behind, as shown in Fig. 4. The distance T depends upon the distance of the sighting-perforation from the shaft and gives the relative angular movement between the two sections of the shaft. The lamp may! be provided with means for focusing, and the transmitted beam may be received upon a screen or sensitized travelling band. To measure the variations in the torque during a revolution, several pairs of slits may be made at regular angular intervals round the cylinders A, B, but in different longitudinal positions. A longitudinal beam of light may also be employed.
Patent GB-190713772-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Traps.
Inventor: CLELAND JAMES
Filed: 1907-06-14
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 13,772. Cleland, J., and Stewart, J. C. June 14. Actuating lift valves.-In a steam-trap, a valve g, actuated by the expansion of the vessel d, closes the opening b to the steam-pipe. The vessel d is supported by a lever j and the position of the valve is adjusted by means of the nut n. The spring m keeps the lever out as far as possible, and also enables the valve to work well under vibration or under different pressures of steam. A hand release is arranged by means of the lever q, which is fastened under the nut n and is usually held in the position shown by a projection r fitting into a recess s in the casing. A projection t on the underside of the lever near the pivot is in this case at right - angles to a corresponding recess u in the casing a. When the lever is turned to the dotted line position, the projection falls into the recess, the lever and valve fall, and steam blows through.
Patent GB-190715259-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Treatment of Preserved Musts or Fruit Juices.
Inventor: BONNARD CHARLES
Filed: 1907-07-02
Granted: 1907-09-26
Abstract: 15,259. Bonnard, C. July 3, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Wine; cider; beverages, preserving. - G r a p e juice, apple juice, and other fruit juices that have been preserved by the addition of potassium bisulphite, are freed from the bisulphite by being sprayed through ozone or ozonized air. The liquid is fed through a spraying- head b and falls in drops through a vat t A, to which ozone is admitted through a pipe c and domed nozzles e. The liquid is withdrawn through a siphon pipe f. The bisulphite is oxidized to form sulphate, and the liquid after treatment may be fermented.
Patent GB-190721008-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sweeping Machines.
Inventor: OPPELT THOMAS
Filed: 1907-09-21
Granted: 1908-09-21
Abstract: 21,008. Oppelt, T., Hummel, K., and Hummel, G. A. W. Sept. 21. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Refuse, collecting; sweeping-machines.-Dust and dirt are swept from roads by a rotating brush u into a closed housing a. The lighter particles are drawn, by a fan s, through a funnel a<1> into a receptacle z containing a dust-binding liquid or a drying-substance. the purified air escaping through an opening z<1>. The brush u and fan s are driven by sprocket and belt gearing from the road-wheels b through an intermediate shaft f provided with hand-operated disengaging-means. The intake opening is surrounded by an elastic brush-strip to provide a dust-proof contact, and may be varied in size by means of a stide s<3> adjustable by a rod s'. The brush u is made up of sections on sectors t, Fig. 3, adjustable to and from the centre between disks x and sockets w on threaded brush-holders y. Auxiliary wheels b<1> facilitate the moving of the machine from the footpath to the road.
Patent GB-190726347-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Drying Tea, Coffee, Grain, or other Substances.
Inventor: DAVIDSON SAMUEL CLELAND
Filed: 1907-11-28
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 26,347. Davidson, S. C. Nov. 28. Drying tea, coffee, &c.-The material to be dried is subjected to the action of hot or dry air in an apparatus comprising rows of trays, which are automatically tilted in succession from the bottom row upwards. The trays B have cranks b at their ends united by bars a. A series of rotary cams e is provided, each formed with a gap e<1> and so arranged that the edge of the cam normally holds the trays horizontal against their overhanging weight, and on rotation the gap first releases the crank-bar a, which falls with a jerk against a stop g, and then the following end e<2> of the gap comes into contact with the stud f and pushes the bar back, bringing the emptied trays into horizontal position again. One revolution of the vertical shaft d<1> causes the successive operation of each of the crank-bars, and the gearing d is so arranged that one turn of the handle c operates one crankbar. A pawl p prevents the shaft d' from being turned through more than one revolution inadvertently. An additional cam h is mounted on the lower end of the shaft d<1>, and operates a sliding bar i through a stud in a manner similar to the cams e and bars a. This bar is connected by links j<1>, j<3>, j<4> and a shaft to the valve k in the air-supply duct m leading into the base of the chamber. The same mechanism also, by means of links n<1>, n<2>, opens a locking-bar device n on the discharge door A<2> of the drying-chamber A simultaneously with the closing of the air-supply valve k. By means of a clutch device, comprising parts t, t<1> and a locking piu s<1> operated by a spring lever u, the airsupply valve k can be closed if necessary independently of the means for the tilting of the trays.
Patent GB-190727193-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: VILLIERS-STUART HORACE
Filed: 1907-12-09
Granted: 1908-03-26
Abstract: 27,193. Stuart, H. Villiers-. Dec. 10, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Spring wheels. - Cushioned radially-movable tyre segments are connected so that the displacement of one is transmitted to all the others. Tubular spokes 1<a>, Figs. 2 and 3, passing through a channel rim 1<b>, enclose helical springs 2<a>, and are fitted with sliding members 2 integral with tread members 2<c>, which are fitted with bearing-pieces 2<d> sliding between extensions 1 of the rims. The glands 1<d> of the stuffing-boxes 1<e> register with apertures in the plates 1<f>. Pins 2i connected to the members 2 pass through slots in the rim, and are connected at one side by links 3 to toothed sectors 3<a>, which are pivoted to stout helical springs 3<d> pinned to the rim plate. Each toothed sector 3<a>, Fig. 5, is fitted with balls 3<c>, held in place by a screwed ring 3<g>, upon a stud screwed into the plate. All the sectors are connected by a sprocket chain. In the form shown in Fig. 7, the links 3 are pivoted to the adjacent ends of levers 4, which are pivoted to the rim plate, and together at their other ends 4<b>. The links 3 are connected to grooved pulleys 5 by rods 5<b>, and the intermediate connexions 4b by rods to the other ends of the sectors, while intermediate idle sectors are provided, the whole being connected by a band 6. The mechanism is enclosed by plates 7, Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190803876-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Elastic Tyres for Vehicle Wheels
Inventor: SWINEHART BENJAMIN CLIFFORD
Filed: 1908-02-20
Granted: 1908-04-30
Abstract: 3876. Swinehart, B. C. Feb. 20. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic; felloes or rims.-A solid elastic tyre with lateral beads has a strengthening-backing of fabric extending upwardly around the beads and incorporated with the material of which the tyre is made. Such a tyre 1, Fig. 1, with fabric backing 4, is secured by transverse pins 6, the ends of which are embedded in the fabric and take under the hooks of a twopart clincher rim 7, 8. Lateral flanges 12, which may be removable and are connected by bolts through the felloe, assemble the rim parts and compress the base portion of the tyre to force the ends of the pins 6 into the fabric backing.
Patent GB-190804069-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Billiard, Dining and other Tables.
Inventor: BROWN ROBERT FREDERICK
Filed: 1908-04-03
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 4069. Brown, R. F. April 3. F Billiards.-Aluminium, iron, steel, or other metals are used in the construction of billiard tables to reduce the weight and cost of such tables, the beds of the tables being composed of light cement slabs dowelled or screwed together. The bed is carried by bars b of iron, steel, aluminium, or other metal, and cross-bars c are used for strengthening the same. The frame d is also made of aluminium or other metal, or wood. The spaces e between the bars b may be filled in with sheet iron, steel, aluminium, or other metal, or timber, or the bed of the table may be laid directly upon the bars b. In one method of securing the bearers b to the table legs, the legs are rebated at their upper ends to fit against the rebated ends of the bearers, the parts being bolted together. In a modification, legs are provided with a slot at their upper end, in which a dependent portion of the bearers is secured by bolts or screws. The cushion mouldings l are grooved to receive the ends m of the bearers b, Fig. 1. The mouldings l and frame d may be covered with ornamental sheet aluminium n, i.
Patent GB-190808883-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Buckles
Inventor: LOVEKIN LUTHER DANIEL
Filed: 1908-04-23
Granted: 1908-07-23
Abstract: 8883. Lovekin, L. D. April 23. Bayonet-joint fastenings.-A fastener for belts, garters, &c. comprises two cylindrical parts 6, 7, Fig. 2, having attaching-tabs 3, 4, the outer part 6 having tongues 11 engaging with grooves 10, Fig. 3, on the inner part 7 to form a bayonet-joint fastening. Springs 13 on the inner part prevent accidental rotation and unfastening of the two members. As shown in Fig. 10, a pocket 15 may be formed in the groove 10, into which the spring 13 can force the tongues 11 to lock the fastening. In a modification, the members are formed from single stampings, the tongues 11 being punched out from the outer shell.
Patent GB-190810879-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rain Gauges
Inventor: CASELLA CHARLES FREDERICK
Filed: 1908-05-19
Granted: 1908-12-31
Abstract: 10,879. Casella, C. F. May 19. Rain gauges. - The rain receptacle a of a rain-gauge is fitted within a double - walled casing, which is so constructed as to provide an insulating - envelope of air around the receptacle, in order to maintain it at a constant temperature.
Patent GB-190814158-A (GB)
Inventor: ZORGDRAGER GERRIT
Filed: 1908-07-03
Granted: 1909-01-28
Abstract: 14,158. Zorgdrager, G. Jan. 6, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907. Trawling-gear.-The otter-board 1 is carried above the sea bottom by a frame 14 set parallel to the direction of trawling, which frame carries the cables passing to the ship. The frame 14 is rotatablymounted on the board as is also the guidebar 13 so that they can be folded back on the board. The board is symmetrically arranged so that it can be used as either a left-hand or a righthand board by transferring the frame 14 and guidebar 13. The sliding bar 19 is detachably bolted to the fixed bar 17 of the frame 14.
Patent GB-190816880-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Agitating Devices for Insertion into the Water Tubes of Steam Generators.
Inventor: REIS ALPHONSE
Filed: 1908-08-11
Granted: 1909-02-18
Abstract: 16,880. Reis, A. Aug. 11. Tubes, water.-The tubes are fitted internally with specially-formed disks 1, Fig. 9, mounted on a rod 8 of polygonal section and spaced apart by distance-pieces 9. Each disk is formed with a radial slot 3, Fig. 1, and curved slots 4, 5, which enable the parts 6, 7 thus formed to be bent out of the plane of the disk in opposite directions, as shown in Fig. 4. The disks are preferably arranged on the rod with the parts 6, 7 of one disk in contact with and slightly overlapping the corresponding part of the disks next above and below, thereby forming a sort of helix. Rods 10 keep the device central. In a modification, a sector-like portion is cut out of each disk, and the disks are arranged on the rod with an angular advance on each other.
Patent GB-190817126-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Vapour Burners for Heating Steam Generators
Inventor: MARNAY LEON MARCEL
Filed: 1908-08-14
Granted: 1909-04-22
Abstract: 17,126. Marnay, L. M. Aug. 14. Burners, regulating and controlling; vapour supply.-A petroleum or paraffin vapour burner for heating steam generators is constructed so that, when it is desired to reduce the heating power, the number of burning-jets is reduced, while the hot vapour from the vaporizer circulates in all parts of the burner, so as to keep the entire burner sufficiently hot to prevent condensation of the vapour when all the jets are turned on. In the burner shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the liquid fuel is pumped into, and vaporized in, the coil i and then passes through a filter j into the part a, which is provided with three passages b, b<1>, b<2> and a valve f which controls the communication between the passages b<1>, b<2>. To the part a are secured eight branch pipes c, each provided with two passages d, d<1> which communicate through an opening g, and closed by a screw plug h. Jets e, e<1> are provided on the part a and the branch pipes c, respectively; one or more of the jets e' at the end of each of the branch pipes may be separated from the others by means of a plug k in the passage d. The passages d, d<1> communicate with the passages b<1>, b2, respectively. When the valve f is open, the vapour passes to all the jets; but when the valve is closed, the vapour is cut off from the passages b<1>, d, and consequently only the jets e fed through the passage b, and those jets e<1> that are placed outside the plugs k and are fed through the passages b<2>, dl and the openings g, are left burning. When it is desired that the valve f should cut off all the burners on.any pipe c, the plug k is withdrawn from that pipe and its opening g closed.